Re: apt-get
On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 07:10:11PM -0600, Nathan York wrote
> i tried that and got a new error
>
> fixed:~# dpkg -P lm-sensors
> dpkg: error processing lm-sensors (--purge):
> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> lm-sensors
>
> and when i try to reinstall it i get the
> depmod: QM_MODULES: function not implemented.
>
> is there any way to manually edit a config file that states what is
> awaiting removal or install and just remove the lm-sensors entry
> it isn't installed on my system, it never was. i tried to install it
> before and got the above error then it continually tried to install it,
> holding up apt-get. so i tried then to remove it, now i am stuck here.
> any help is greatly appreciated.
>
I had a quick look at the postinst script for lm-sensors, and all
it does is
depmod -a >/dev/null
What do you see if you run depmod -a as root?
What do you get if you grep -4 QM_MODULES /etc/conf.modules?
What's in /etc/modutils/lm-sensors?
John P.
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